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Bellringer

Bellringer. Powers of the Pres. alone? Powers the Pres. shares with the Senate? Powers the Pres. shares with Congress as a whole?. Executive 1. 2. Today we will. Agenda. List and describe the offices under the President. Self-Grade FRQ HW Slide/notes - Exec. Departments Closure

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • Powers of the Pres. alone? • Powers the Pres. shares with the Senate? • Powers the Pres. shares with Congress as a whole?

  2. Executive 1 2

  3. Today we will ... Agenda • List and describe the offices under the President. • Self-Grade FRQ HW • Slide/notes - Exec. Departments • Closure • HW - Executive & Bureaucracy Questions • Objectives

  4. Electoral College • Each state chooses its own methods of selecting electors • 538 Electoral Votes – 270 to win • If no candidate wins a majority (tied at 269), the House decides w/each state getting 1 vote • President and Vice President on the same ballot, encouraged political parties • 12th Amendment – electors select pres. & VP separately & tie breaker

  5. Prime Minister • Outsiders • Not always from majority in Congress • Executive can work at cross purposes with Congress • Leadership & Staff can not serve in Congress concurrently • Cabinet heads selected from outside Congress • Insiders • Always from majority in Legislature • Prime Minister will always have support from the Legislature • Leadership & Staff is chosen from ranks • President

  6. Divided Government vs. Unified Government • What does it mean to have a divided government? • Why do we still have gridlock, even with a unified government?

  7. Constitutional Review • Qualifications: Age; Birth; Residence • 22nd Amendment (2 Term/10 Yr. Max.) • Impeachment for “Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors” • 25th Amendment - 1967 • Succession – death or resignation • Pres. disability

  8. EOP Executive Office of the President

  9. Bureaucracy of the President • VP • First Lady • White House Office & Staff • “The West Wing” • Executive Office • special advisory groups

  10. The Executive Office • Agencies that report directly to the President • Top positions are appointed by Pres. & confirmed by Senate • Staffers may or may not have contact w/Pres. • ****Office of Management & Budget **** • Assembles the budget • Develops reorganization plans • Reviews legislative proposals of agencies • Has recently become more of a policy advocate

  11. Executive organization of staff • Pyramid Structure • Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Bush + Orderly Flow - Isolating / Misinformation • Circular: “Spokes of the Wheel” • Carter • Cabinet & assistants report directly to Pres. + President get a good deal of info - Confusion & Conflict • Ad hoc • Clinton • Task forces, committees & informal advisors report directly to Pres. + Greater flexibility - Responsible government officials cut off

  12. Check for understanding • Who do you think become White House staff? Why?

  13. Executive Agencies The Cabinet

  14. The Cabinet (15 departments) • Chief executive = “Secretary” • Not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution • Presidential control over departments remains uncertain • Secretaries become advocates for their departments • Pres. doesn’t appoint people working in agencies • Congress funds agencies, not exec. • Appointment process & acting apptmts. have increased legislative - executive tensions

  15. Check for understanding • Why do you think there is tension between WH staff and cabinet secretaries?

  16. How Things Work

  17. Cabinet Officials & Agency Heads • Prior federal & private industry experience = expertise • Usually have their own political following • Pres. may reward friends & supporters w/ “acting appointments” • Vacancies Act 1868: 120 days for Senate to take action • Appointments

  18. The President Program • Putting together a program • Interest groups • Aides and campaign advisors • Federal bureaus and agencies • Outside, academic, other specialists & experts • http://www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many

  19. Closure • Is the President responsible to appoint a diverse cabinet in order to get a varying range of opinions, experiences, and viewpoints? Or should the President solely be focused on getting the best people in his cabinet? Both? Explain your opinion. • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-shreds-%E2%80%98all-white%E2%80%99-obama-cabinet-controversy-a-black-guy-%E2%80%98appears-to-be-running%E2%80%99-the-show/

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